STS-130 Endeavour Rollout 5

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NASA/Amanda Diller

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter positions the mobile launcher platform supporting space shuttle Endeavour over the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A. First motion on the 3.4-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building, known as rollout, was at 4:13 a.m. EST Jan. 6. Endeavour was secure or "hard down" on the pad at 10:37 a.m. Rollout is a significant milestone in launch processing activities. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission is the International Space Station's Node 3, Tranquility, a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay window and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor spacewalks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of Earth and other celestial objects. The module was built in Turin, Italy, by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency. Endeavour's STS-130 launch is targeted for 4:39 a.m. EST Feb. 7. For information on the STS-130 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html.

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• https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-2010-1042
• http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=44856 on the Wayback Machine in der Wayback Machine

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